Sunday, June 07, 2015

I am not a horse racing fan; know nothing about it. But I care about the making of history, and I think that horses are lovely creatures, so watched the Belmont Stakes yesterday. I'm glad I did.

As they were in the second turn, entering the backstretch, I said out loud, "Oh my. No one is going to beat that horse." Even I could see that he was not working as hard as any of the other horses. He was biding his time. They came into the frontstretch and I thought, "This is where he hits high gear." And... Well, you saw it.

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About Me

I grew up in the Air Force, and served in diesel-electric submarines during the Cold War. I worked in the steel industry until it sort of died in the 80's, then in landscape management until recently, when health issues demanded retirement.

I believe government should intrude in the lives of its citizens to the minumum possible degree, but I also know that it must be big enough to
"get the job done." To me the job of government includes concepts that are usually thought of as liberal such as stringent regulation of necessary monopolies, regulating all business enough to prevent it from becoming predatory, providing necessary
comfort to citizens who are rendered destitute by calamity outside their reasonable control, and protection of our environment and natural resources.